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humpybong Pillar of the Community Australia 1262 Posts	Posted 09/30/2007 11:29 pm Just received this in the mail today so I thought I would share it around. The coins is for Grace Kelly (Princess Grace) of Monaco. Hope you all enjoy it as much as I did. http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/...aceKelly.jpg Edited by humpybong 09/30/2007 11:31 pm Report this Post to the Staff

chrisild Pillar of the Community Germany 1238 Posts	Posted 10/05/2007 10:33 am Sorry but I don't think that is a coin. Monaco did issue a €2 coin this year which commemorates Grace who died 25 years ago. This one looks similar, but it is a medal ... Here is a picture of the actual coin: http://www.muenzblog.de/bilder/mona...lly-2007.jpg Here is some info from the EU Official Journal: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ...00060006.pdf Christian Report this Post to the Staff
EgCollector Pillar of the Community Egypt 3470 Posts	Posted 10/05/2007 3:17 pm Nice coin or medal Barry Thanks for sharing Report this Post to the Staff
RenaL Pillar Of The Community Turkey 1205 Posts	Posted 10/05/2007 5:21 pm I think it looks just the same as the 2 EUR coin you have shown there chrisild? what makes you think it's a medal? Edited by RenaL 10/05/2007 5:21 pm Report this Post to the Staff
onejinx Pillar of the Community United States 1231 Posts	Posted 10/05/2007 5:25 pm Looks like a coin to me Report this Post to the Staff
chrisild Pillar of the Community Germany 1238 Posts	Posted 10/05/2007 6:08 pm quote: what makes you think it's a medal? To me it looks like the Grace medals that are offered on ebay ... * The portrait of Grace looks different. * On actual euro coins, the stars are arranged differently. * I cannot see the "R.B.BARON" (name of the artist who designed the 1982 portrait which was also used for this year's coin). Would really help to see a picture of the other side. If there is a "2" followed by the word EURO, it should be a coin. Most of the €2 lookalike medals, however, have a big E instead of the currency name. The actual €2 Grace commem is quite expensive, with prices in the three digit range. So I can well understand why some collectors would not buy it, or maybe get a medal as a souvenir instead ... Christian Report this Post to the Staff
RenaL Pillar Of The Community Turkey 1205 Posts	Posted 10/05/2007 6:14 pm Thanks for the info, I didn't know there are 2 Euro look-alikes out there. Maybe Bm will show us the other side. Report this Post to the Staff
rosso_rubino Valued Member Italy 244 Posts	Posted 10/09/2007 08:05 am The actual problem w/ this coin is the price, currently in Italy it is at 280 euro for a 2 euro coin, and that is incredible. Please give back us the old king Report this Post to the Staff
humpybong Pillar of the Community Australia 1262 Posts	Posted 10/09/2007 11:15 pm Will try and get a picture for you tonight. Here is what the coin is: This is the unofficial TRIAL release of the commemorative 2 euro coin from MONACO 2007! Issue limited to 2500 copies worldwide. The coin bears Princess Grace Kelly to commemorate the 25th anniversary of her sudden death caused by a carcrash september 13th, 1982. This is a pattern coin only and not legal money Coin comes in protective capsule! Report this Post to the Staff
chrisild Pillar of the Community Germany 1238 Posts	Posted 10/11/2007 06:12 am Guess your piece looks like this one then: http://i16.ebayimg.com/04/i/000/b0/b1/ca48_1.jpg Most ebay vendors who offer this medal do not even depict the reverse in their auctions, and I think they know why. The "problem" with Monaco is that, in the franc years, the country actually had such trial coins (with the word "essai" on them). Those were made at the French mint, like the actual coins, and issued/sold by the Principality of Monaco. This piece, however -- don't ask me who had it made, but it is pretty much in the same category as the British or Swiss euro "patterns". And just like those, the Grace medals may well be collectible of course. It's just that various "Grace pattern" vendors use item descriptions that in my opinion are (close to being) misleading ... Christian Report this Post to the Staff
humpybong Pillar of the Community Australia 1262 Posts	Posted 10/11/2007 07:16 am Here is the otherside of this coin. I would call it a fantasy coin not a medal. Report this Post to the Staff
gxseries Pillar of the Community Australia 3831 Posts	Posted 10/11/2007 08:12 am It depends on what company actually made that "trial". If it is from an official mint, then yes it will be a trial coin but otherwise it's as good as medals. My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseries My numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htm Regularly updated at least once a month. Report this Post to the Staff
chrisild Pillar of the Community Germany 1238 Posts	Posted 10/11/2007 6:15 pm None of these "trial" pieces is an official issue. Here is a collector who apparently has quite a few of them, from places all over the world: http://ret001qm.eresmas.net/eu-ingle.htm He also has some other images that are quite interesting: Monaco issued the €2 Grace commem this year, and we also find Grace "test" pieces. San Marino just issued a €2 Garibaldi commem, and now you can also buy these medals: http://ret001qm.eresmas.net/images/...ibaldi-a.jpg http://ret001qm.eresmas.net/images/...ibaldi-r.jpg Oh, and later this month the Vatican comes with a €2 piece for the Pope's 80th birthday. And what do we find? "Pattern" pieces with the same theme. http://ret001qm.eresmas.net/images/...attern-a.jpg http://ret001qm.eresmas.net/images/...attern-r.jpg Honni soit qui mal y pense ... As I wrote before, nothing wrong with collecting them - what I find problematic is that some vendors more or less subtly convey the impression that such pieces are government endorsed or in any other way official. Christian Report this Post to the Staff
humpybong Pillar of the Community Australia 1262 Posts	Posted 10/11/2007 10:57 pm Can't agree with you more Christian. I new that this was not a real issue, just like it so I purchased it. That is what collecting is about. Report this Post to the Staff
Angielczyk Valued Member Israel 423 Posts	Posted 10/12/2007 03:56 am I Thought you might like to see a picture of a medal issued by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to Grace Kelly in 1976. The reverse side of the medal with the inscription "For Friends of Young People" in both English and French recalled Princess Grace's honorary presidency of the World Association of Young Peoples Friends, an Organization founded in Monaco in 1963. The medal was designed by the Italian Artist Pietro Giampaoli who also designed Italy's first 500 lira coin in 1958. Image: Grace.jpg 31.88 KB Report this Post to the Staff
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